Yashica's affordable C/Y standard zoom — the ML 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5, multi-coated manual-focus glass for the C/Y mount.
The Yashica ML 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 was a standard zoom of Yashica's ML line for the Contax/Yashica mount, sharing the C/Y bayonet with Contax Zeiss lenses. It offered a native wide-to-short-tele zoom at an affordable price.
This is a manual-focus C/Y-mount zoom spanning 28-85mm with a variable maximum aperture of f/3.5 to f/4.5 across the range. It fits the same bodies as Contax Zeiss glass and belongs to Yashica's ML series. Additional figures are omitted where they cannot be verified.
The 28-85mm range covers travel, landscape, portrait and everyday shooting, reaching from a moderate wide to a short telephoto in one lens. It is a convenient single-lens option for C/Y bodies.
Used copies are common and inexpensive as a budget standard zoom for the mount. Check the zoom and focus for smooth travel, look for internal haze, fungus and coating wear, and confirm clean aperture blades. It adapts to mirrorless with a C/Y adapter.